From Aaron Burr to Zebulon Pike, from abolitionism to Tippecanoe, more than four million pages cover westward expansion, the development of American arts, the progression of American political thought and much more. In addition to books, broadsides and pamphlets, the collection includes published reports and the works of many European authors reprinted for the American public. Additionally, a large number of state papers and early government materials—including presidential letters and congressional, state and territorial resolutions—chronicle the political and geographic growth of the developing American nation. Subjects include the 12th Amendment, Bible societies, canals, Embargo Act, fur trade, Lewis & Clark Expedition, Louisiana Purchase, nationalism, Panic of 1819, Romanticism, Seminole War, Treaty of Ghent, and the War of 1812. Genres include magic tricks, funeral hymns, fools and jesters, tobacco, dolls, and Indian captivities. The Series also includes Kentucky public documents: e.g., journals of the state House and Senate, public laws, and church records. Includes the Supplement from the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Early American Imprints, Series II: Supplement from the American Antiquarian Society, both covering 1801-1819.

Digital facsimile page images of books, pamphlets, newspapers, and manuscripts of works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America as well as works in English printed elsewhere. From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this collection contains the texts of about 100,000 of over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard and Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Coverage includes English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science.

Originally EEBO searched just the descriptive records ("full record") and displayed the images of each work. Now, we are pleased to make available the Early English Books Online-Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP) Phase 1 content (25,000 keyed transcriptions), which provides searchable full-text access to many of the materials in EEBO. See below for details.

Look at the top of the descriptive record screen for the full-text icon:

This will display the first page image of the document with the transcribed text below the image.

To see the full selection of pages in order to view the searchable text, select the pop-up table of contents from the first page full-text display:

Keyword searches include the available searchable full text. To searches for your term(s) within the records or full text only of items that have been keyed to date, select the dropbox to limit to 'Items with keyed full text'. The total number of items that have been keyed into searchable full text is indicated in parentheses. You can also specify a specific title (in the Title Keyword field) to search the FT of just that item. By default all keyed items also have document images available to view; you do not have to limit those searches to Items with document images available.

In the Advanced Search, you can limit searches for full-text keywords within specific areas of text such as Tables of Contents, Verse or Letters.

Full-text access to electronically submitted theses and dissertations (ETDs) from the University of Kentucky. Note that this collection does not include access to all theses and dissertations from the University of Kentucky, but only those submitted electronically since June 2000. For electronic access to the full-text of selected dissertations completed at the University of Kentucky, use ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Use InfoKat Discovery to find theses and dissertations in either paper or electronic format.

Over 60,000 manuscripts and documents covering the reach of the British Empire, all the way to Australasia, South Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Also includes references to biographies and chronologies.